| | People QuickFacts | Columbia County | Oregon |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 49,286 | 3,899,353 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 49,351 | 3,831,073 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.1% | 1.8% |
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Population, 2010 | 49,351 | 3,831,074 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.5% | 6.1% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 23.2% | 22.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 14.6% | 14.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.0% | 50.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 93.6% | 88.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.5% | 2.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.4% | 1.8% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 1.0% | 3.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.2% | 0.4% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 3.2% | 3.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.2% | 12.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 90.1% | 78.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.5% | 81.9% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 3.5% | 9.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 4.5% | 14.6% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 88.4% | 88.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 16.8% | 29.0% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 5,749 | 338,527 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 31.2 | 22.3 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 20,811 | 1,684,193 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 76.8% | 63.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 10.4% | 23.3% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $221,200 | $252,600 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 19,173 | 1,509,554 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.55 | 2.46 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $25,440 | $26,561 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $56,270 | $49,850 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.8% | 14.8% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Columbia County | Oregon |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 928 | 106,3401 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 6,948 | 1,341,8411 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 0.5% | -0.7%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 2,712 | 258,805 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,017 | 348,154 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 1.2% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.1% | 1.2% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.5% | 29.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 826,200 | 66,880,653 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 96,784 | 51,910,777 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 357,383 | 50,370,919 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,306 | $13,494 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 44,223 | 7,555,764 |
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Building permits, 2012 | 28 | 10,6081 |